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"Was in a similar dilemma a year or so ago, ended up buying one - it’s quite nice actually, I’m happy with mine.


Maybe there are variations between batches, but mine really isn’t that dark, certainly more rich and vibrant than the…"

"Someone in a comment chain likened the base to an old ashtray which admittedly I’m now struggling to see past. 

Don’t know if that’s what people are talking about, or perhaps something more rude :- |"

"Interesting design, I like the illusion of the glass lower base sort of ‘morphing’ with the chrome upper, certainly much more convincing than the ‘rockit’ as a design piece.

But would eco some of the concerns with it…"

"What appears to be an ‘open’ section of the base did first make me think it may be candle powered, but as above, this didn’t seem to stack up with it appearing to be an Astrobaby/ Neo type bottle, unless they’ve tweaked the…"

"Like the idea of a more energy efficient lamp - there was a thread running a while back (which since seems to have disappeared) where we were contemplating the future of lava lamps in the age of impending climate doom and spiralling energy…"

"Perhaps a new candle-based lamp is fitting, might find ourselves reading by candlelight in the coming winter :-\"

"Thanks, would like to revisit this as some point, and ‘experiment’ with some non-standard colours - was going to try and make a metallic/ chrome version. 

My AutoCAD license has expired now though :-("

"the exact same shape of the green and white blob should've made me suspicious though :)"

"Look great though...has a somewhat ghostly feel to it."

"I cheated I’m afraid, it’s a rendering of a 3D CAD model…

I only have one Fluidium :-("

"wow this looks great! almost like a rendering...is this an effect or just wicked photo skills?"

"The resemblance to the home-made lamps probably says it all, not to take away from the makers of those, which are interesting in their own right, but you would hope for more refinement from a company with 60-odd years’ of manufacturing…"

"I wasn’t aware of the ‘Stories’ things, which seemingly are only viewable for 24 hours, not really an avid user of Facebook so must have missed it, as said bit of a strange approach, you would think you would hear about these…"